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Gateway Miami
8:53 am
Tue April 23, 2013

Website Connects Street Artists, Business For A More Colorful Sao Paulo

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A portrait is projected on the walls of a building as part of a project promoting art through re-evaluating urban spaces and buildings in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Nov. 22.
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Artist Guilherme Matsumoto (left) painted this mural on the wall of Walter Orsati's Purple House Hostel in Sao Paulo. The two were matched up by the Color+City urban art project.
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Inspired by Twitter, poet Laura Guimarães posts her "microscripts" in public spaces. She calls it "food for the soul" in an "oppressive city."
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Originally published on Mon April 22, 2013 9:52 pm

It's lunchtime in the heart of Sao Paulo's financial district. Surrounded by tall buildings of cool glass and steel, men and women in suits and business attire walk back and forth busily in Brazil's largest city.

Standing amid the bustle is Leticia Matos — who is, for want of a better word, a crochet artist. She couldn't look more different from the people around her.

Wearing a short-sleeve shirt and covered in bright, quirky tattoos, Matos is at work, too. About a year ago, she says, she got the idea for her project while knitting and crocheting with her friends.

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Banksy Controversy In Miami
12:45 pm
Wed February 27, 2013

Banksy in Miami: Behind The Scenes At The Questionable Graffiti Auction

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Slave Labour (Bunting Boy) 2012 by Banksy
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It seemed general consensus that no one really knew the facts about the auction last Saturday of a piece by graffiti artist Banksy. Certain parties weren't talking. In retrospect, the answer may have been simply that Fine Arts Auctions Miami knew what may be coming, that it would have to withdraw the piece over questions about who actually owns it. 

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Graffiti Iconz Lake Worth
3:01 pm
Thu February 21, 2013

Graffiti Iconz In Lake Worth Fosters Graffiti Art Movement Beyond Wynwood

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Artists at Graffiti Iconz in Lake Worth create one-of-a-kind works using a variety of mediums, including spray paint.
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By Tricia Woolfenden

In Lake Worth, where the prevalence of gang graffiti motivated city commissioners to create an anti-spray paint ordinance in 2010, artist/business owner Adolphe Latorre has his work cut out for him. 

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Art Basel
9:00 am
Thu December 6, 2012

Graffiti Chic: Wynwood Walls Opens Gift Shop

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Calligraffiti shoes for the fashionista in your family
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Jumbo sized tagging markers for the emerging graffiti artist in your family
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Ball caps for the baseball fan in your family who has lost all faith in the Miami Marlins
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If you want something to take home from Art Basel that won’t break the bank, the Wynwood Walls now has a gift shop.

The paint smells like it hasn’t quite dried yet on the Go! Shop which opened on Tuesday.

And, if you’re looking for that perfect gift for the emerging graffiti artist in your family, the shop sells the same Krink brand spray paint the big time artists use.

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Art Basel
11:45 am
Wed December 5, 2012

Miami Photographer Captures Changing Canvas Of Iconic Marine Stadium

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Anyone visiting the National Hotel on South Beach during Art Basel this week will get a rare peek inside the Miami Marine Stadium.

The Marine Stadium was built off the Miami mainland on Virginia Key in the 1960s. It was originally used for boat racing and then later for concerts and even religious services.

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